It doesn't need to be farming. If you want your kids to study hard and stay in school, almost any low-paid job heavily reliant on manual labor will do. First,

It doesn't need to be farming. If you want your kids to study hard and stay in school, almost any low-paid job heavily reliant on manual labor will do. First, you have your kid work that grueling and thankless job. Then you can take them to your desk job, and show them your company's lowest-level job postings. Many of the people I know with really nice jobs have a story about that one job they worked before graduation that taught them the value of working smart rather than hard. Mine was on a shipping dock.